news.com.au, by Jamie Seidel: It’s long been considered the final “red flag” for Beijing’s intentions to invade Taiwan. Now, satellite photos have revealed the construction of a new fleet of D-Day-style landing barges needed to surge troops and tanks over…

The Christian Post, by Ryan Foley: The Vatican has given its blessing to a document suggesting that those with same-sex attraction can pursue the priesthood in Italy.  The Italian Episcopal Conference, the group of Roman Catholic bishops in Italy, approved…

NPR: President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners…

The Christian Post, by Katelyn Webb: Evangelist Franklin Graham has weighed in on whether or not God is “judging” Hollywood as fires continue to ravage Los Angeles, destroying entire communities and leaving thousands homeless. “People have lost everything. A lot…

Daily Wire: FEMA Administrator Deanna Criswell claimed during an interview over the weekend that fire officials in Southern California “were very prepared” for the catastrophic fires that erupted last week — despite significant evidence to the contrary. Criswell made the…

Politico, by Mia McCarthy: California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday he thinks the Los Angeles County wildfires will be the worst natural disaster in U.S. history “in terms of just the costs associated with it, in terms of the scale…

NBC News, by Astha Rajvanshi: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake has rattled the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said Monday. The EMSC said that the quake was at a depth of 37 kilometers (23 miles). Shortly…

USA Today, by Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy and Cybele Mayes-Osterman: President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the highest U.S. civilian honor, the White House announced on Saturday. Biden, the nation’s second Catholic president,…

KTLA 5, by Tony Kurzweil and Marc Sternfield: The worst-case scenario has been realized in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, where an estimated 1,000 structures, many of them homes, have been destroyed by a Santa Ana-wind-fueled wildfire, authorities…

Gazette Xtra, by Susanne Rust: The fate of a Canadian teenager who was infected with H5N1 bird flu in early November, and subsequently admitted to an intensive care unit, has finally been revealed: She has fully recovered. But genetic analysis…

DailyMail, by Ellyn LaPointe: A thick fog is sweeping across the US with locals in multiple states reporting how a ‘burning chemical-like smell’ has blanketed their communities. Concerned Americans have flooded social media with videos of what looks like white particles…

WCBM: South Africa’s EFF leader Julius Malema was again calling for genocide against white South Africans at a rally this weekend. Julius Malena told supporters, “We must be able to explain to our people what black consciousness is and why…